Craigslist find of the day!

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by alanint

Here is a photo of me and some friends with some of our toys! I'm the Major sitting in the Kubel.

Isn't that a VW Thing??? Or did the Wehrmacht actually put hub caps on Kubelwagens???

[alanint]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Isn't that a VW Thing??? Or did the Wehrmacht actually put hub caps on Kubelwagens???

Nope, that's an original Kubelwagen. The originals had a number of different configuration hubcaps, although most got lost eventually or tasked to other uses, (heating water, etc. ?).

Here are photos of a number of originals. I've spotted at least four different configurations of hubcap.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...electedIndex=5

BTW, the still I posted was from the set of "USS Sea Viper" a movie released about two years ago that went straight to video.

You can see me handing the U-boat commander his orders in this trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIZPzR28uI